Extensible pattern for cutting the soles of boots and shoes



J. P. SIMON & J. LEX. Extensible-Pattern for Cutting the Sales of Boots and Shoes.

No. 225,878. Patented Mar. 23, I880.

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\AAAAAM ORNEYS NJETERS, PHOTO LITHOGRAF WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. SIMON AND JACOB LEX, OF HARTFORD, WISCONSIN.

EXTENSIBLE PATTERN FOR CUTTING THE SOLES 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,878, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed January 22, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN P. SIMON and JACOB LEX, of Hartford, in the county of Washington and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and Improved Extensible Pattern for Cutting Soles for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a plan of the device closed to its smallest dimensions. Fig. 2 is a plan of the device opened to its extreme dimensions.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to provide an adjustable pattern for cutting out boot and shoe soles of any dimensions.

The invention consists of a metal plate of the general shape of the sole and provided on its upper face with short studs, upon which studs are fitted slotted metal plates shaped to conform, respectively, with the outlines of the sides, heel, and toe of the sole, said adjustable plates being also held together by slots and studs, so that they may be moved in or out to contractor expand said pattern in proper proportion in every direction.

In the drawings, A represents a bottom plate, provided with stud a, designed solely for the adjustment of the heel-plates B B, and with studs I) for the adjustment of the heelplates B and side plates, 0 C, and on opposite sides of the broadest part of the said plate A are the studs 0 c, which are especially designed for the adjustment of the side plates, 0. Another stud, (1, projects upward from the plate A at its toe, and serves to hold and adjust the toe-plates D.

The heel-plates B B are hinged together by the stud f, which projects upward from the lower heel-plate into a corresponding transverse slot, g, in the overlapping upper plate, B, and these said heel-plates B B are connected directly with the side plates, 0 G, by the studs k, that project upward from the said sideplates into the slots 2' of the overlapping heel-plates.

The toe-plates D D are held directly together by the stud k, that projects upward from one of the said toe-plates into the trans- -verse slot l of the upper overlapping toefrom the said side plates, (3, into the longitudinal slots at of the said toe-plates D.

A screwstud, -0, projects upward from a central point near the toe of the plate A into the slots 19, formed in the central diagonallyprojecting crossed arms q of the said toe-plates D, and on this stud 0 is athumb-screw, 1', that may be tightened to hold the plates of the pattern immovably in any desired position or be loosened to permit their expansion or contraction.

On the face of the plate A certain marks and numbers are placed on a line, 8, extending diagonally rearward from about the screwstud 0, to indicate by the position of the ends of the arms (1 the number or size of the sole to which the pattern is adjusted.

On loosening the thumb-screw 'r and pulling in opposite directions on the heel-plates B and the toe-plates D, it will be seen that these said plates will move both longitudinally and laterally, and that the side plates, G 0, being connected with the heel and toe plates, as hereinbefore described, will also move in both directions, and consequently the said pattern will be expanded or enlarged in proper shape and proportion and in every direction, and a reverse movement of the heel and toe plates will properly contract the pattern to any smaller dimensions.

We do not confine ourselves to the exact shape or directions of the slots or the positions of the studs herein shown, for it may be desirable to change them in sonieinstances to alter the general outline of the pattern or to alter its outlines at some particular point; but,

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I L In an extensible pattern for the soles of boots and shoes, the combination of the studded plate A, the plates B G D, having both studs and slots, the screw-stud 0, and the nut 0", whereby the pattern will fit any size of last from No. 5 to No. 13, as described.

JOHN PETER SIMON. JACOB LEX.

Witnesses H. A. FORBES, W. R. AMIDON. 

